Attachment for bridle-bits



(No Mode-1.)

A. LOBDELL. ATTACHMENT 'PoR BRIDLE BITS.

No. 449,163. Patented Mar. 31,1891.

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NiTEn STATES ALoNzo LoEDELt, or

ATENT EET-CE.,

RACINE, lVISCONSIN.

ATTACHMENT FOR BRIDLE-BITS.J

SPECIFICATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,163, dated March 31, 1891.

Application filed I une 17, 1890.

.To @ZZ whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ALONZO LOBDELL, of Racine, in the county of Racine, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Bridle-Bits; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to attachments for bridle-bits; and the invention consists in certain peculiar and novel features of construction and arrangement, as hereinafter described, aud pointed out in the appended claims.

In order that my invention may bc fully understood, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, iu whicli- Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a harnessbit with my improved attachment applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of my attachment applied to a harness-bit with the ring of the bit and the bridge-pieces shown in'section. Fig. 4t is a sectional view of a modified form of my attachment applied to the ring of a harness-bit, the outer part of the latter being shown in cross-section` The object of my invention is to provide an attachment for any usual or preferred form of harness-bit which shall be simple and durable in construction and easily applied to the bit and by means of which hard-mouthed horses can be instantly controlled by simply pulling upon the drivingreins- These results I attain by virtue of the construction which I will now proceed to describe.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the bar, and B the rings, of an ordinary drivingbit. The bit shown is provided with snaffles C, but the bit may be either a plain ring-bit, curb-bit, or any other preferred type.

D designates a cheelvplate, which is of L shape, the lower arm CZ of which is bent so as to extend across the lower side of the outer part of the ring I3 and is provided at its outer end with a loop d', to which the Vdriving-rein is attached. Near to its point of juncture with the upper arm or cheek-piece D this arm d is formed with an elongated longitudinal slot e for a purpose to be presently explained.

Serial No. 355,737. (No model.)

F F designate two bridge-pieces, which are of elongated form and extend across the ring B above and below the same, respectively, as shown, so as to clamp said ring between them. The adjacent ends of these bridge-pieces are Secured together by two screws f, which lie at opposite sides of the adjacent portion of ring B and firmly retain the bridge-pieces upon the latter. A bolt g passes through the middle of the bridge-pieces F F and also through the slot c, before referred to, and is held by a nut y', as shown.

In Figs. l, 2, and 3 the bridge-pieces F F are shown as of considerable tlnckness and may be supposed to be castings, bosses 7i being shown as formed on the inner sides of said pieces to properly separate them. In Fig. et, however, the bridge-pieces are shown as thinner and may be supposed to be steel plates. In this instance these plates are bent over the ring B and also over the part d of cheek-plate D, thus making a close fit upon said parts. In either of these forms a strong` pull upon the rein will draw the'arms d backward and press the arms D against the horses jaw, thereby perfectly controlling him, however unruly he may be disposed to act. The cheek-plates D D are preferably of steel or malleable castiron, and also serve to prevent the bit from being pulled through the animals mouth. In order to adjust these cheek-plates for differ'- ent sizes or hardness ofthe animals mouth, it is only necessary to loosen the nuts g and move the pieces toward one or the opposite end of the slots c, as required, and then tighten up the nuts again. Y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

I. An improved attachment for bridle-bits, consisting of a pair of plates secured to each ring of the bit and a pair of L-shaped bars secured to said plates, the inner arms of said bars projecting parallel to the animals jaws and the outer arms of said bars being bent and extending across vthe outer sideof said rings, the extreme outer ends of the said bars being formed to receive the head ends of the driving-reins, substantially as set forth.

2. An improved attachment for bridle-bits, comprising an L.shaped bar having a slot in its lower arm and a pair of plates embracing ICO :said mxn sind designed 11e emin'ziee ille ringl ei' 1 In testimony that I elaiim the foregoing I :L bit, :unl :i be] i1 er pin extending through the have hereunto Sei; my hand, at Milwaukee, in fo plaies und slet', snbstfnitiaiiy us described. i the county of Milwaukee sind State of Wis- The combination, with zi bridle-bit, of a cousin, in the pieseuee oi' two Witnesses.

5 pair of biidge-pieees embracing :i ring of the ALONZO LOBDEL'L.

bit, and mi L-shnped cheek-plate having its Witnesses: lower :um Secure-d mijusmbly between Suid II. G. UNDERWOOD,

lnidge-pieees, substantially :is described. 1 LMVSON SCOTT. 

